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"The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922) Ed. James W. Johnson

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THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY

Chosen and Edited
With An Essay On The Negro's Creative Genius

by
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Author of "Fifty Years and Other Poems"

1922
Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., New York

Printed in the U.S.A. by the Quinn & Boden Company, Rahway, N.J.

CONTENTS


PREFACE

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL
JAMES D. CORROTHERS
DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS
WILLIAM H. A. MOORE
W. E. BURGHARDT DU BOIS
GEORGE MARION McCLELLAN
WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE
GEORGE REGINALD MARGETSON
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
JOHN WESLEY HOLLOWAY
  Miss Melerlee
  Calling the Doctor
  The Corn Song
  Black Mammies

LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL
EDWARD SMYTH JONES
RAY G. DANDRIDGE
FENTON JOHNSON
R. NATHANIEL DETT
GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON
CLAUDE McKAY
JOSEPH S. COTTER, JR.
ROSCOE C. JAMISON
  The Negro Soldiers

JESSIE FAUSET
ANNE SPENCER
ALEX ROGERS
WAVERLEY TURNER CARMICHAEL
ALICE DUNBAR-NELSON
CHARLES BERTRAM JOHNSON
OTTO LEYLAND BOHANAN
THEODORE HENRY SHACKLEFORD
LUCIAN B. WATKINS
BENJAMIN BRAWLEY
JOSHUA HENRY JONES, JR.

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Contents of this path:

  1. James Weldon Johnson, Preface to the "Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  2. Paul Laurence Dunbar, Poems included in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  3. James Edwin Campbell, Poems included in "the book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  4. James D. Corrothers, Poems included in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  5. Daniel Webster Davis, Poems included in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  6. Poems by William H.A. Moore included in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  7. W.E.B. Du Bois, "A Litany of Atlanta" (1906)
  8. Poems by George Marion McLellan included in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  9. Poems by William Stanley Braithwaite in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  10. Poems by George Reginald Magetson in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  11. Poems by James Weldon Johnson in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  12. Poems by Leslie Pinckney Hill in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  13. Poem by Edward Smyth Jones in "The book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  14. Poems by Ray G. Dandridge in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  15. Poem by R. Nathaniel Dett in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  16. Poems by Claude McKay in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  17. Poems by Fenton Johnson in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  18. Poems by Joseph S. Cotter, Jr. in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  19. Poems by Jessie Fauset in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  20. Poems by Anne Spencer in "The Book of American Negro Poetry" (1922)
  21. Alice Dunbar-Nelson, "Sonnet"/Violets" (1922)